25 March 1909 – Commissioned; sailed from Arundel Cove, Maryland, the long way around via Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, Alexandrette [now Iskenderun], Turkey, Singapore and Japan to her permanent homeport of Port Townsend, Washington.

23 August 1909 – Arrived in Port Townsend and assigned the cruising grounds of Puget Sound, Washington Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca and along the coast as far south as Destruction Island.

16 February 1910 – Sailed on her first Alaskan cruise, her mission to to intercept and arrest all wildlife poachers she sighted.